Leadership Team

Jimmy Eappen

Head - Academic Programs and Centre development

Mr Jimmy Eappen is a passionate educator who started his teaching career in 1988. He has worked in many institutions across the country taking up different responsibilities such as warden, teacher and vice principal. In the year 2000 he decided to shift his focus from formal schools to Early Years.

He joined Julia Gabriel Centre of Singapore and completed his diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care along with a Teaching Certificate from Trinity College London in Speech and Drama.

After coming back to India, he pioneered the setting up process of the first Julia Gabriel Centre in New Delhi. Moving on from there in 2007, he started Intellitots Early Learning Centre in Gurgaon. He is well known in Gurgaon for the Mom and Me programs and the Speech and Drama programs. Parents and children admire him for his passion, patience, commitment to quality, dedication and love for children. He firmly believes that each child is unique and the role of a teacher is to enable each one to actualise his/her dream and potential.

Mr Jimmy holds a Masters degree in Arts from Madras University, Bachelors degree in Teaching from North Easter Hill University of Shillong, Diploma in Psychology and Counselling from Bangalore University, Diploma in Early Childhood care and Education from Julia Gabriel Institute Singapore and a teaching Certification in Speech Drama and Communications Art from Trinity College, London.

Ms Reena Singh

Ms Reena Singh is an extremely passionate education professional. She has over 17 years of rich experience in various domains in the field of education. She has expertise in curriculum design, technology in education, assessment and evaluation, professional development for teachers, pedagogies based on the theory of Multiple Intelligences, learning styles and school administration related skills.

She is Bachelor of Education and is a Bachelor of Science from University of Rajasthan in Life Sciences. She also holds an Advance Diploma in Value Based Education from Institution of Sathya Sai Education Mumbai and has taken Montessori Training from IMC Banglore. She also produced a CD on value based rhymes.

Starting her professional journey from SSSVV School in Madhya Pradesh where she spent 3 years as a Head Mistress, She taught students in Montessori methods and science in Primary classes. She also developed curriculum for the Montessori wing of the school. She further trained teachers in Montessori methods and conducted workshops on innovative methods of teaching Science.

Her second leadership role was with DPS, Indrapuram where she was recognised by the organization for her valuable contributions to the school. she organised and coordinated various workshops and training for staff on Montessori methods, value education, parenting and innovative methods of teaching. She also coordinated these workshops for other schools in Delhi NCR.

She further excelled her leadership skills as a Head Mistress at Gennext School Noida. At Gennext she was not only responsible for the academics and staff development but also brand building. Some of the notable achievements included successfully attaining reasonable enrolment within short span and establishing Montessori lab in limited time. The school was awarded as one of the best Paylschools and Day care in Noida under her leadership.

Reena completed her IB certification course in October 2016.She received recognition from Queensland University, Australia to attend their programs in June, 2017. Gurgaon Chairperson for All Ladies League to handle Family healthcare and children welfare domain, Ms Reena is a certified trainer for Heartfulness meditation practices.

Ms Noni Vyas

Principal, Golf Course Road Branch

Ms. Noni Vyas comes with more than 20 years of experience in teaching learning environment particularly in Early childhood care and education. She has worked in many renowned educational institutions across India. Her diverse experience and training, allows her to tailor teaching programs, course curriculums and classroom pedagogical approaches to specific needs of the students and the schools.

She is an educator, researcher, advisor, and consultant engaging in professional growth leading to thoughtful judgments and decision making for all children’s and teachers’ learning. Her passion is in working with children, families, and teachers enabling them to create a program that focuses on early childhood education and development.

She has a specific interest in observation and documentation of young children’s learning, development and exploration of innovative pedagogical practices and programs, to engage and change the image of the child in early childhood setting in India.

She strongly believes that-

“teachers are learners too and we need to constantly seek to improve on our own practices and ways of thinking. Part of this process involves regular critical reflection. By working collaboratively we can expand our perspectives, gain insight into different ways of thinking and challenge our own beliefs and practices”.

Her last assignment was with Neev Schools, a renowned group of schools in Bangalore that follow the IB curriculum. She worked for 10 year with them as a Branch Head.

She firmly believes and practices:

Learning Environments (environment as a third teacher).

Inquiry based learning.

Intentional and purposeful teaching and learning.

Making learning visible through Pedagogical documentation.

The power of play.

Professional learning projects.

Reggio inspired learning practices.

PYP in early years

The importance of QCT and PSPE in early years setting.

Ms. Shafaq Shafi Bhat

Ms.Shafaq Shafi Bhat a Bachelor in Education and Bachelor in Science is a passionate, highly motivated and enthusiastic Early Years Educator. She brings with her a rich experience of 16 years as an Early Years Childhood Educator in an American International school in Thailand culminating in her position as Head of the Early Childhood Center (ECC) for a period of 4years. Her leadership values correspond to her core teaching values of inclusion, openness, hands on approach,empathy,mutual support and continually striving to improve the pupils’ learning experience and placing emphasis on the latest educational developments. She has always sought to foster an open environment that embraced the rich breadth of her pupils’ backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities and identified with different cultures and nationalities, fair and equal with everyone.

As Head of ECC, she has been at the forefront of tracking initiatives that ensured the school responded to the challenges and maintained a positive dialogue with parents with the goal of ensuring that they understood the objectives of the school. She has acquired considerable experience in staff leadership, mentoring newly qualified teachers and student teachers, and in managing teams of staff. Her position as head of ECC offered her several opportunities to make use of her leadership skills for the betterment of the school. Amongst other initiatives, she led the Early Childhood Center first towards adopting the NAEYC curriculum (National Association for the Education of Young Children) and then towards the Common Core curriculum and creation of Standard Based report cards to align with the Elementary school curriculum in her previous school in Thailand.

Throughout her career she has taken special efforts to gain professional qualitative skills:

Technology Integration

Working with English Language Learners-March

Children At Promise & Professional Learning Communities

Jolly Phonics Training Workshop

Focus on Learning: Learning with the Brain in Mind

East Asia Regional Council of Overseas School

Royal Life Saving Australia- Apply First Aid

Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) workshop - "Serving as a committee member and Conducting Self-study"

EARCOS- “Responsive Teaching: Success for all Students”

WASC Accreditation Workshop

Her vision is to provide a stable and protected learning environment that fosters a solid foundation for lifelong success and to work towards continuous improvement of student learning by actively engaging them in the learning process and meet the challenges with skill and integrity. To work in partnership with families and the community to enhance the abilities and skills of the whole child, including social, physical, intellectual, communication, and emotional development.